Add Axios as your preferred source to
see more of our stories on Google.
Photo illustration: Brendan Lynch: Axios. Photo: Alberto Pizzoli/AFP via Getty Images
Pope Leo XIV is expected to sign his first encyclical as soon as Friday, positioning artificial intelligence as the defining moral and labor challenge of a new industrial revolution.
Why it matters: The document, reportedly titled Magnifica Humanitas ("Magnificent Humanity"), would become the Catholic Church's clearest attempt yet to place human dignity, labor rights and ethics at the center of the AI race.
